Toward the Finish Line!
I have never worked harder on any project than I have writing Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies. This is the effort of a career’s worth of insight into what makes stories work, and two solid years of watching and re-watching and re-watching the...
The Good Shepherd and Casino Royale: Spy Movies?
Since finishing writing the new book (STC!GTTM), I’ve been catching up on some movies — just for fun finally!– and seeing that what I talk about in the new book is right on! So far, my favorites in the “New Releases” section are Casino Royale...
What is a Save the Cat! Seminar?
I am really looking forward to my weekend seminar in Vancouver in a couple of weeks. We’ve had a lot of interest on that event and also a bunch of questions. So on behalf of the fabulous folks at Biz Books who are organizing my...
Little Miss Sunshine — A Golden Fleece
Went to the movies last weekend. I really have not been seeing enough. I used to regularly have “Movie Day” when I would buy four tickets at the cineplex and see four movies in an afternoon — even if I didn’t stay for the whole...
Double Mumbo Jumbo Muddle
I propose that as an audience we can only buy one piece of magic per movie. You cannot have aliens land and then be bitten by vampires and become both alien and undead. Not fair. That to me is a “cheat” in writing and disses...
King Kong: Buddy Love
Great movie, King Kong. Saw it Monday in a packed theater in Westwood, CA and three hours flew by. But because my mission in life is figuring out how movies work, the big debate on my mind was: Is King Kong a “Monster in the...
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